Browns Star Myles Garrett Defends His Comments After Week 7 Win
The Cleveland Browns picked up their second win of the season with a blowout win over the Miami Dolphins in Week 7.
The Browns picked up a 31-6 home win over the Dolphins, in a game the defense didn’t allow a touchdown. Cleveland’s defense also forced three interceptions, as it was a dominant game from the defense.
Following the game, star pass rusher Myles Garrett was asked about his comments after last week’s game, when he was frustrated with the loss. Despite Cleveland’s blowout win, Garrett defended his comments, as he said he will always say how it is.
“I’m always going to tell it how it is. I mean, that’s just my nature,” Garrett said postgame on Sunday. “I’m going to shoot you straight. And I have no problem saying what I say to them up here and vice versa.
“So I’m not trying to say anything to disparage anybody try to get anybody either removed from their position or anything like that. I want everybody here to be a benefactor to our success. So it all came together today, and I hope we continue to rally around everything that we’ve been talking about, and I’ve been talking about.”
Garrett finished the game with 2 tackles and a sack, and he was happy with his performance, as well as the defense as a whole.
Garrett Was Frustrated With Week 6 Blowout Loss
After Cleveland suffered a 23-9 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 6, Garrett made his feelings clear.
The star pass rusher called out the team for the constant losing he has faced since being drafted first overall.
“To lose the same way every time, it’s frustrating as hell,” Garrett said.
He was asked if losing makes it hard to find motivation, and he responded with a simple ‘yep.’
But it appears Garrett and the Browns found the motivation with a blowout win in Week 7.
Garrett Hopes Browns Use This Win as a Spark
Cleveland was in total control of the game, and Garrett hopes the Browns can build off that.
Garrett believes the team can use the victory as a spark to know what it takes to win in the NFL. But the star pass rusher was pleased with the Browns’ response to the blowout loss.
“(It can) be a spark as much as we want it to,” Garrett said. “You know, hopefully we’ve gotten so tired of the losses and tired of the pain that comes with them that we’re ready to inflict it on somebody else. You gotta learn to use that pain. Use that drive, it can’t just become acceptable to have those feelings. Right now, it was a good response that we had, but it’s got to continue.”
Garrett, meanwhile, believes the Browns need to chase wins and is confident in the team.
“I mean, rallied and we got a win in a fashion which we can appreciate, but that’s not enough, and we gotta continue to do that. One win is one thing, but we’ve gotta turn this into a habit, an addiction. It’s gotta be an obsession to win and win like this. And so we gotta keep on chasing that feeling.”
The Browns will go on the road to play the New England Patriots on Sunday in Week 8.
'We'll see how he turns over' -- Kevin O'Connell's answer on Thursday night's starting quarterback remains open ended
The Minnesota Vikings have now lost their third game of the 2025 season, two and a half months before they did in the 2024 season, with a 28-22 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.
There are multiple elements of the game that we can point to in how the game went. The red zone offense was brutal on the day, dropping from 66.7% to 52.4% on the season with a 1-6 performance in the most important area of the field. The biggest factor in those failures was quarterback Carson Wentz.
Going into a short week, the Vikings need to figure out what went wrong and fix it.
Kevin O'Connell undecided on starting quarterback vs. Chargers
We didn't know who the starting quarterback was going to be against the Eagles until Friday after practice, and head coach Kevin O'Connell kept the door open on that topic.
"First and foremost, I thought he competed and got to see how he comes out [of this game] health-wise," said O'Connell. "He took some [shots]. He had to use his legs there a couple of times on the last drive. We'll see how he turns over. I know Max was ready to go today, and J.J. [McCarthy] was the emergency three, but J.J. was able to get some work last week. We'll see how he feels as well. And on a short week, we're going to put together the best plan we can. And that also includes the players available to us."
It makes sense why the Vikings would want to keep the starting quarterback situation fluid. Wentz was objectively bad the entirety of the day on Sunday afternoon. He was consistently missing throws deep down the field, not seeing the field well, and didn't trust his eyes. That's been littered all over his film this season, and it continued on Sunday.
If McCarthy, who is still recovering from the high-ankle sprain that he suffered in week two, ends up being ready, it could be exactly what this offense needs to get some consistency. Now, that's a lot to ask for with a first-time starting quarterback who has only started two games in his two-year career. However, the Vikings need to do something to figure out the offense.
We can confidently say the answer is Wentz.
